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NCLEX Nutrition
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nclex
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health-sciences
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nursing
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health-fitness-nutrition
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. How much sodium may be consumed per day?
apple is higher risk than a pear
hemoglobin
one tspn salt or less
protein and fat
2. How much milk is to be consumed per day?
4 calories/gram
3 cups
protein
300 cal/day increase
3. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?
rickets - osteomalacia
TPN total parenteral nutrition
500 cal/day
hemorrhage
4. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?
hemoglobin
300 cal/day increase
2 cups
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
5. Where can you get more vitamin D?
diet recall
vitamin C - citrus fruits
dairy and fortified foods
B and C
6. What function is vitamin A?
can consume more calories without weight gain
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
vitamin K
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
7. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?
transferrin
pregnant women or elderly
protein and fat
milk - enriched grains
8. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
hemorrhage
cream cheese - cream or butter
500 cal/day
9. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?
pregnant women or elderly
prealbumin levels
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
10. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
6 oz. a day
hemorrhage
B and C
11. What function is vitamin D?
trans fatty acid
rickets - osteomalacia
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
12. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?
liver and intestinal synthesis
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
TPN total parenteral nutrition
500 cal/day
13. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
essential amino acids
protein and fat
3 cups
14. Name six sources of grains
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
15. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?
500 cal/day
diet recall
protein
decrease in total lymphocyte count
16. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?
low albumin levels < 3.4
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
starches - sugars - and cellulose
17. The higher the BMR a client has --
2 cups
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
albumin levels
can consume more calories without weight gain
18. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
dietary approach to stop hypertension
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
4 calories/gram
19. How much meat/beans should be eaten?
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
dairy and fortified foods
5.5 ounces/day
20. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
4 calories/gram
liver and intestinal synthesis
21. What is normal albumin levels?
carrots and sweet potatoes
one week period
3 cups
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
22. Sources of fats
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
pregnant women or elderly
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
23. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?
low albumin levels < 3.4
pregnant women or elderly
hemorrhage
essential amino acids
24. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?
cream cheese - cream or butter
protein
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
500 cal/day
25. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies
dark green - orange - drybeans
fats
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
protein
26. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?
one week period
vitamin K
hemoglobin
cream cheese - cream or butter
27. What does DASH stand for?
dietary approach to stop hypertension
can consume more calories without weight gain
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
28. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?
6 oz. a day
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
protein and fat
hemorrhage
29. What is normal BMI?
18-25
protein and fat
transferrin
5.5 ounces/day
30. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?
B and C
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
trans fatty acid
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
31. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?
prealbumin levels
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
vitamin C - citrus fruits
one week period
32. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily
trans fatty acid
hemoglobin
day week or month
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
33. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
cream cheese - cream or butter
vitamin C - citrus fruits
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
34. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?
3 cups
300 cal/day increase
dark green - orange - drybeans
low albumin levels < 3.4
35. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
protein and fat
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
36. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
4 calories/gram
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
fats
37. How much grains are to be eaten per day?
6 oz. a day
500 cal/day
vitamin K
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
38. What is RDA of protein?
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
milk - enriched grains
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
39. What are healthy sources of fats?
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
6 oz. a day
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
40. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?
milk - enriched grains
antioxidant - immune function
2 cups
rickets - osteomalacia
41. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins
albumin levels
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
fat soluble vitamins
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
42. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs
trans fatty acid
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
albumin levels
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
43. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?
one week period
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
essential amino acids
44. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?
4 calories/gram
dark green - orange - drybeans
2.5 cups
rickets - osteomalacia
45. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this
protein
atrophy or wasting of muscle
5.5 ounces/day
albumin levels
46. What type of people need extra protein?
starches - sugars - and cellulose
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
review of systems
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
47. What foods have high quality protein?
5.5 ounces/day
milk - enriched grains
500 cal/day
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
48. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency
review of systems
18-25
4 calories/gram
hemorrhage
49. How many calories/gram is protein?
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
4 calories/gram
50. When does BMR increase?
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
protein
liver and intestinal synthesis